I hear ya! I can see where the spike would come in handy if your only target in the world is some dead guy's brain pan (or if crewing a tall ship on the high seas...), but I was planning on using mine for "real world" enemies, like campire logs.

Leaning towards the "pipe hawk" over the others purely on the basis of looks. I'm sure any of the designs with the hammer head back will do the exact same things just as well. I just like the smooth contours and classic profile. They look great moded up in the classic New World style with notches and tbaco leaf designs on the blade.

AFA a bush tool goes, I don't think they come much more versatile than decent hatchet.

You must already know this, but I only just discovered a ton of sites devoted to modding the Cold Steel Hawks. Yeah, they look fantastic when spiffed up; which makes them a great value. I may get a second one and make it a project in 2013.

I don't know about what style but I'd be thinking front kick to chest to knock them over, elbow to jaw (can't bite with broken jaw) if too close or a simple hip toss to get them on the ground.

If there are two of you then one person knocks the zombie over with a hand log splitter (hammer end) second person pins zombie down with another log splitter and first person reverses log splitter and buries it in the zombies head.

This is for slow-moving zombies, for fast zombies I'd recommend hiding, a toyota land cruiser with full fuel tank and a L1A1 SLR (with scope) and plenty of rounds.

I think that Muay Thai is the best MA for zombie apocalypse. Why? Reason is simple: It's claimed to be the best standup MA, so you can elbow, knee and finally stomp kick the zombie so he won't get up. Besides this, i don't think that zombies would try to grapple you.
Jusy my thought.

I think that Muay Thai is the best MA for zombie apocalypse. Why? Reason is simple: It's claimed to be the best standup MA, so you can elbow, knee and finally stomp kick the zombie so he won't get up. Besides this, i don't think that zombies would try to grapple you.
Jusy my thought.

Zombies wouldn't grapple? That's exclusively what they do. You never see a zombie depicted as striking, they grasp and then bite and tear. This was a terrble, terrble post, just terrble.